What to upgrade?

[pureflip428]

Ok, so I'm pretty sure right now I'm being bottlenecked by my cpu. My current build is

 

CPU- FX-6300 3.5Ghz

MOBO-M5a99x evo  r2.0

Memory-Corsair Vengeance pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3-2400

GPU-PowerColor R9 290x 4GB

 

I'm looking to upgrade and spend less than or just around $1k.

 

CPU-Ryzen 7 1800x 3.6Ghz ~$350

Mobo- Asus Strix X370-F ~ $170

Memory- G. Skill TridentZ RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-2400 ~$360 (I could go with higher clocks for the same price, but i kinda want the RGB lol)

 

So the current upgrade, with prices today, would be just under $900.

 

Would someone recommend something else instead, and for what reason?

 

**EDIT**

Use

Currently I do use it to game, as of right now, Fortnite, Rainbow Six Siege, Rise of Tomb Raider, and I also use it for Lightroom, Photoshop and Premiere. 
I also often have a show playing on the tv that's hooked up to the computer so my wife can watch hulu, netflix etc while i game/ edit. With gaming I haven't noticed much lag in the video or in game but definitely while editing, the videos streaming from hulu, netflix etc suffer and are extremely choppy.

 

Also, I'm hoping to not have to sell anything for extra cash and instead eventually have a secondary pc to either pick up the streaming load or for guests or my wife to game on. 

Edited March 26, 2018 by pureflip428
Added PC use

[FloRolf]

get a 1700 and only 16gb ram instead (and not RGB, that's just even more than more expensive...) , then sell your old shit and get an RX580. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Do you actually need 32GB of RAM? It's a complete waste of money if you don't actually need it, especially with how RAM prices are right now. 

[pureflip428]

8 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Do you actually need 32GB of RAM? It's a complete waste of money if you don't actually need it, especially with how RAM prices are right now. 

TBH not sure if i need quite that much. However I do plan on streaming while gaming, and I also use the PC for Photoshop, Lightroom, and Premiere editing every now and then.

[pureflip428]

21 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

get a 1700 and only 16gb ram instead (and not RGB, that's just even more than more expensive...) , then sell your old shit and get an RX580. 

Based on this, http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-RX-580-vs-AMD-R9-290X/3923vs2166

It doesn't seem that an RX580 would be much of an upgrade.

[Doomed83]

Get the faster memory as it is proven to help on Ryzen processors.

[Herman Mcpootis]

i'd get a coffee lake i7 instead of the 1800x for adobe since those prefer IPC and clock speeds over core count.

[VEXICUS]

10 hours ago, pureflip428 said:

Ok, so I'm pretty sure right now I'm being bottlenecked by my cpu. My current build is

 

CPU- FX-6300 3.5Ghz

MOBO-M5a99x evo  r2.0

Memory-Corsair Vengeance pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3-2400

GPU-PowerColor R9 290x 4GB

 

I'm looking to upgrade and spend less than or just around $1k.

 

CPU-Ryzen 7 1800x 3.6Ghz ~$350

Mobo- Asus Strix X370-F ~ $170

Memory- G. Skill TridentZ RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-2400 ~$360 (I could go with higher clocks for the same price, but i kinda want the RGB lol)

 

So the current upgrade, with prices today, would be just under $900.

 

Would someone recommend something else instead, and for what reason?

 

**EDIT**

Use

Currently I do use it to game, as of right now, Fortnite, Rainbow Six Siege, Rise of Tomb Raider, and I also use it for Lightroom, Photoshop and Premiere. 
I also often have a show playing on the tv that's hooked up to the computer so my wife can watch hulu, netflix etc while i game/ edit. With gaming I haven't noticed much lag in the video or in game but definitely while editing, the videos streaming from hulu, netflix etc suffer and are extremely choppy.

 

Also, I'm hoping to not have to sell anything for extra cash and instead eventually have a secondary pc to either pick up the streaming load or for guests or my wife to game on. 

BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THIS......

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($179.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AORUS Video Card  ($359.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define Mini C TG MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1009.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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